Michel Particelli d'Emery explained

Michel Particelli d'Émery
Birth Date:6 June 1596
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Contrôleur général des finances

Michel Particelli d'Émery, (6 June 1596 in Lyon – 25 May 1650 in Paris), was the son of a banker in Lyon, France, originally from an Italian family of Lucca, Italy, who was the counsellor of Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu. A portrait of him was changed by Théophile-Abraham Hamel in order to give a face to Samuel de Champlain.

Champlain's new face

According to Archive's Canada site, Michel Particelli d'Émery's face was used to represent Champlain for more than a century, and is still used by many historians to represent Champlain.[1]

References

  1. Web site: Samuel de Champlain Portal - the Champlain Portal . 2011-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706170452/http://www.canadachannel.ca/champlain/index.php/Welcome_to_the_Samuel_de_Champlain_Portal . 2011-07-06 . dead .